The New York Daily News reported Friday that Paterson has decided not to run again but that he will not resign the governorship, according to a source. A top Democratic official confirmed the report to NBC News.

Paterson rose to governor in 2008, when former Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal. Swirling rumors about Paterson's administration recently began anew due to a scandal surrounding a domestic abuse complaint against his top aide.

You'd think Patterson would have learned a lesson from his predecessor!

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